In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Dan Ariely discusses the difference between market rewards and social rewards. Although the economic rules of the social market seem irrational, they follow predictable patterns of human nature. Although a party host might prefer $40 in cash to a bottle of wine from his guest, the guest would never consider such a social misstep. These rules can be observed and used to refine traditional carrot and stick motivation techniques and create much more powerful social motivators for employees and managers.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Dan Ariely - Squeezing Joy Out of Work
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Dan Ariely relates a personal story about squeezing the joy out of work for one of his former students - then he proceeds to crush the dreams of enthusiastic Bionicle-builders using some of the same techniques. These experiments reveal the shortcomings of traditional motivation techniques and how we should all be aware of the structure of the modern workplace.
Dan Ariely - Motivation in the Knowledge Economy
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Dan Ariely details one of his many Behavioural Economics experiments - this one measures the difference in performance between workers whose projects are either acknowledged, ignored, or shredded immediately.
What do these results mean in the knowledge economy? Is meaning of work more important than efficiency? What do the teachings of Adam Smith and Karl Marx say about this matter?
Kathy Light - Live Your Values
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Kathy Light helps to clarify what exactly values are. They're not principles, morals, or needs - they are those personal highest priorities which allow you to live your life in harmony.
By identifying your values and living in alignment with them, you can build a life and a career free of stress and dischord.
Susan Fowler - Three Nutriments of Motivation
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Susan Fowler of Ken Blanchard Companies discusses the Three "Nutriments" of motivation.
1) Autonomy: Your innate need to feel a sense of control and choice about what you are doing.
2) Relatedness: Your innate need to connect with and be integrated to and be accepted by others—not for attainment of a certain outcome but for the psychological sense of being with others in secure communication and unity.
3) Competence: Your innate need to feel effective in your ongoing interaction with your environment.
Understanding these nutriments is vital to long-term satisfaction and success - Are you pursuing work and life choices with these motivators in mind?
David Facer - Competence, Confidence and Flow
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, David Facer discusses competence as it relates to self-motivation. Competence begets confidence, which creates a virtuous cycle in your career.
David also discusses finding joy in the workplace and how the concept of "flow" can make even difficult tasks easier.
Susan Fowler - Fatal Distractions at Work
In this clip from an April 2010 Teleseminar on Reaping Professional Success, Susan Fowler of Ken Blanchard Companies details two of the three "Fatal Distractions" that prevent us from maximizing our success and productivity.
Fatal Distraction #2 - Acting with the belief that I have to.
Fatal Distraction #3 - Denying the value of values and the purpose behind your purpose.
As Susan indicates, shifting your motivational outlook (a learned skill) can help you get past common roadblocks and barriers to success.
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